Replay from July 2023, host Dr Sam Manger is joined by Professor Mark Bellgrove, the Director of Research at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, and a Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University.  Professor Bellgrove leads a multidisciplinary team studying the biological basis of attention and cognitive control.   In 2016 Professor Bellgrove founded the Australian ADHD Professionals Association (AADPA), an interdisciplinary group devoted to advancing evidence-based diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in Australia.  In 2023 he led the development of the Australian evidence-based clinical practice guideline for ADHD.  

Interview starts at ~6:15 .  

Resources:

• ADHD guideline and factsheets- https://adhdguideline.aadpa.com.au/
• ADHD consumer companion - https://adhdguideline.aadpa.com.au/consumer-companion/
• ADHD Australia https://www.adhdaustralia.org.au/
• Tools = page 79, free ones include the Swanson, Nolan and Pelham (SNAP) scale for children, and for adults the WHO Adult ADHD Self Report Scale is free
• VIA Character Strengths Survey & Character Reports - https://www.viacharacter.org/ 
• ADHD coaches = https://adhdcoachesaustralasia.online/
• Tuning into kids:= https://tuningintokids.org.au/courses/tuning-in-to-kids-online/
• Triple P – Positive Parenting Program https://www.triplep-parenting.net.au/au/triple-p/

Relevant past episodes:

1. Dr Arne Rubenstein Rites of Passage podcast and programs https://ritesofpassageinstitute.org/
2. Dr Jon Jureidini communicating with adolescents and using a genogram podcast
3. Dr Angela Loucks Alexander Auditory Processing Disorder podcast
4. Dr Cathy Franklin and Professor Tony Attwood Autism Spectrum Disorder podcast and another

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